Podcast interview with Ben Kerrey about his work in Rapid Sequence Intubation
Check out this special edition of PEM Currents featuring an interview with Ben Kerrey, a rising star in RSI related research in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Check out this special edition of PEM Currents featuring an interview with Ben Kerrey, a rising star in RSI related research in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
RSI in children can be challenging. Let's review some of the common pitfalls.
This post reviews the drugs used in rapid sequence intubation - including pre-medication, sedatives and paralytics.
This edition of PEM Currents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast focuses on heat illness in its many forms. Learn about everything from the benign prickly heat, to life threatening heat stroke.
You will no doubt see a child with gastroenteritis with dehydration in the very near future. It is likely to be due to infections gastroenteritis. If you are sure that is the case then this post is for you. So, I present a simple, stepwise approach to the child with dehydration in the ED.
An elevated lactate level is associated with increased mortality in sepsis. Explore some of the evidence in this post.
This edition of PEM Currents is all about respiratory distress. You'll learn about initial management, diagnosis and more!
Should we restrict fluids in septic shock? Hogwash you say! Well, it might be the right idea in resource limited settings. Learn what my take on the 2105 AHA PALS summary has to say on the matter.
The 2015 AHA PALS Guidelines have been released - let's take a look at some of the medication related changes, specifically atropine as a pre-intubation med and the choice of amiodarone or lidocaine for shock refractory ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia.
The 2015 AHA PALS Guidelines have been released - let's take a look at whether or not the rapid cardiopulmonary assessment should be airway, breathing, circulation or circulation, airway, breathing.